Shellingford

Shellingford
St Faith's parish church
Shellingford is located in Oxfordshire
Shellingford
Shellingford
Location within Oxfordshire
Population173 (2011 Census)
OS grid referenceSU3193
Civil parish
  • Shellingford
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townFaringdon
Postcode districtSN7
Dialling code01367
PoliceThames Valley
FireOxfordshire
AmbulanceSouth Central
UK Parliament
List of places
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51°38′24″N 1°32′31″W / 51.640°N 1.542°W / 51.640; -1.542

Shellingford, historically also spelt Shillingford, is a village and civil parish about 2+12 miles (4 km) south-east of Faringdon in the Vale of White Horse in Oxfordshire, England. It was part of Berkshire until the 1974 Local Government Act transferred it to Oxfordshire. The 2011 Census recorded the parish's population as 173.[1]

In the 10th century the toponym was spelt Scaringaford and in the 11th century it was Serengeford. 13th century forms of the name included Salingeford, Schalingeford, Shallingford, Sallingford and Schillingford. In the 18th century it was recorded as Shillingworth.[2] The spelling Shillingford has been discontinued to avoid confusion with the village of Shillingford near Wallingford, also in Oxfordshire.

  1. ^ "Area: Shellingford (Parish): Key Figures for 2011 Census: Key Statistics". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 4 July 2015.
  2. ^ Page & Ditchfield 1924, pp. 475–478